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District News (Technology Archive)
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Give it a look at
http://blog.mtlsd.org/FarFromBloggin
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District Technology Blog Released
On February 15, 2008, we released a blog titled FarFromBloggin which will have posts and thoughts surrounding technology used in the Mt. Lebanon School District. Sometimes I'll have things and events I'd like to share and sometimes it will just be my thoughts about what is to come. As always, please never hesistate to email me with with feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!
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New Look-and-Feel of www.mtlsd.org
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District website highlighted by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On February 7, 2008, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published two articles (article 1 | article 2) highlighting our district website as well as the new features of our website including RS feeds and live Internet streaming of school events during the day.
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George Washington's attorney makes her case
that he is innocent in the death of Jumonville.
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Students bring 18th century history to life with 21st century technology
From January 22 to January 24, 2008, fifth grade students at Markham Elementary School conducted mock trials set before the French and Indian War. The students determined the guilty party in the death of French Ensign Joseph Coulon de Jumonville. Watch the trials on demand by clicking the top link. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, Max Baer, visited Markham to help students prep for the trial. The event is featured on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's website.
Mr. Mikesell's classroom website which contains links to on-demand web streams of the trials and the post-trial video conferences can be found here. |
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Mt. Lebanon students get Internet letters from Iraq
On June 7, 2007, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article about a class project for Ms. Kern's World Literature Class in the High School where students utilized a classroom blog to communicate with an Iraqi surgeon who was in Qatar at the time. This project illustrates many of the academic benefits of classroom blogging.
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Ken Horoho and David Frattare review the
Operation Safe Surf website with students.
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Operation Safe Surf Debuts At Jefferson Middle School
On Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006 Jefferson Middle School was the regional host site of the official kickoff of the internet safety program, Operation Safe Surf, launched by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office. Attorney General Tom Corbett was seen in hundreds of schools across the state to help educate students, parents and schools about the importance of being safe online. Mr. Kenneth Horoho, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Special Agent David Frattare from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit were on hand to answer questions from Jefferson Middle School students in Jefferson Middle School.
Click here for a link to the Operation Safe Surf website as well as other sites of interest related to child safety on the Internet.
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Pictured from left to right at the
Classrooms for the Future announcement:
Christopher Stengel, Dr. George Wilson,
Governor Ed Rendell, and Dr. Zeb Jansante.
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Mt. Lebanon High School receives Classrooms for the Future Grant
On September 20, 2006 the Pennsylvania Department of Education(PDE) released the names of 79 high schools across the state awarded the Classrooms for the Future Grant. Mt. Lebanon High School was among those listed and was awarded a grant of $407,573. Dr. Zeb Jansante, High School principal, Dr. George Wilson, Superintendent of Schools and Christopher Stengel, Director of Technology were invited to attend the ceremony at Wilkinsburg High School where Governor Edward Rendell made the announcement.
According to the PDE, this initiative will provide high school teachers and students with enhanced technology, laptop computers and other state-of-the art resources for English, math, science and social studies classrooms. In addition, $6 million in state and federal funds have been committed to provide teachers and school leaders training on how best to use technology to increase student achievement. The PDE also stated in a press release that the Classrooms for the Future grant will provide $200 million over the next three years for all high schools in Pennsylvania. Specific details about the grant such as disbursement timelines have yet to be released by the PDE.
Dr. Zeb Jansante was among a small group of high school administrators invited to Harrisburg last spring by Michael Golden, Deputy Education Secretary for Information and Educational Technology to first learn about the grant. In June he assembled the grant team of Brendan Hyland, Mike Hogel, Greg Wensell, Steve Bullick, Kate Keane, Chris Stengel, Pam Pulkowski, Aileen Owens, Jon Ptachcinski, Nick Salvo, Pete Bouvy, and Marlynn McConnell to craft the submission. |
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